Oldest knife you own?

[leghog]

Mine is about 8000 years old. Heat treated chert. Traded for it in grade school a long time ago and hung onto it over the decades. Sits quietly in my corner curio cabinet.

 

[gredpe3]

I don't think thats a knife.
Eddie

 

[leghog]

It's a knife. Had anthros confirm it. Over 2.25 inches long and 1.25 inches wide. Just a mundane tool from the Early Archaic period.

 

[booker]

Its a tool but arrow head

 

[leghog]

Its a tool but arrow head

WAY too large and too heavy to be an arrowhead. The shaft would have to be huge to balance it. It is definitely not a point for an arrow.

 

[leghog]

Many mistake such for projectile points. I know I once did.

 

[GIRLYmann]

spear head, perhaps?
or are those barbs early attempts at gutting hooks for this period?

"...Projectile points fall into two general types: dart/spear points, and arrow points. Larger points were used to tip spears and atlatl darts. Arrow points are smaller and lighter than dart points, and were used to tip arrows. The question of how to distinguish an arrow point from a point used on a larger projectile is non-trivial. According to some investigators, the best indication is the width of the hafting area, which is thought to correlate to the width of the shaft.[4] An alternative approach is to distinguish arrow points by their necessarily smaller size (weight, length, thickness).[5]..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_point

 

[Myal]

thats the oldest I have .

 

[leghog]

spear head, perhaps?

That's what I once thought but have had more than one anthro tell me it's not a projectile point.

 

[GIRLYmann]

nice thumb knife!

 

[GIRLYmann]

either they are right,
or these stone-agers were seven footers..

 

[leghog]

Perspective. Knife and arrow point.

 

[GIRLYmann]

make that 14 footers!
glad you posted that picture.
it certainly puts things in perspective.

 

[leghog]

Another

 

[Skywalker1]

8000 years You know you already won with that

That' s really cool though.

 

[leghog]

8000 years You know you already won with that...

Yeah, and my twin brother made it.

 

[Ed Fowler]

Love it, stone age knives are poorly understood by many and when you take the time to recognize their use there is a lot to learn about knife designs intended for use today.

 

[brownshoe]

It is not possible to date stone. If a stone artifact is found with other dateable items, people infer an age.

 

[TAS]

Not as old as yours but old...............

 

[halfaxe]

Found near the Nevada/Oregon border.

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